Delhi Fire Kills Five

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The fire broke out from a gas cylinder in a pre-wedding celebration home killed five persons and injured four others….reports Asian Lite News

A view of a tea stall damaged in a LPG cylinder blast in which reportedly five persons died in the incident, at Okhla in New Delhi (Photo: IANS)

Five persons, including a six-year-old girl, died and four others were injured in a fire that broke out in a shanty here during pre-wedding celebrations, police said on Tuesday.

All nine were relatives who had come together to enjoy a barbeque feast outside a hutment in a slum cluster of Okhla Industrial Area I. The accident occurred when they were trying to connect a gas cylinder to a stove near the burning barbeque. The gas leak caused the fire around 9 p.m. on Monday, a family member said.

The victims were rushed to Safdarjung and ESI hospitals, where four of them were declared brought dead and the fifth died during treatment.

Those killed have been identified as Kushi, 6, Sasikanth, 19, Usha, 42, Lalsa and Santra, according to police.